Comments on: The Suckiest Suck Job EVER. Revisited.

By: Jennifer Mead

Jennifer Mead — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:01:12 +0000

Yes, it does suck! Did you wet down the ceiling first a bit with a spray bottle and then use a shop vac to suck up the debris as you scraped it off? It really is a two person job but if you do it that way things stay much cleaner and it is much easier to do. My parents have removed nearly 80% of their entire nasty old popcorn ceiling throughout their home during their total house makeover and that's what they are doing. I'd give it a shot!
xo, Jennifer @Blissfully Ever After

By: Dear Emmeline

Dear Emmeline — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:00:11 +0000

Pulling tiny upholstery nails from an antique sofa ranks up there as being a pretty tedious back breaking job. Thankfully not that dirty but still a pain in the blank!

p.s. so glad I'm not the only one with 20 projects in the works at the same time. We have 4 rooms...no maybe 6 rooms in our house that have started being redone but we keep hopping around and NONE of them are finished yet.

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:48:20 +0000

I totally agree with you on this one! After taking out my entry way tile and 6 chisel blades later I'm still finding the dust in all areas of my house.

By: noelle

noelle — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:42:04 +0000

I read this post and thought- oh that sucks.. and then randomly this weekend we decided to put in new flooring and I found myself on the ground, chiseling away… and I remembered… you warned me.. I just didn't listen….. 🙁

By: Jennifer Menteer

Jennifer Menteer — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:35:48 +0000

I've done ceilings and thinset, and I have to agree with you. Thinset is THE DEVIL! I would probably rather paint 100 ceilings than tear up tile EVER. AGAIN. Oh, and next to the thinset would have to be pulling out all of the staples used to attach the wire underneath it to the sub-floor. I'm having PTSD just thinking about it.

By: McKenzie @ Girl Loves Glam

McKenzie @ Girl Loves Glam — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:52:49 +0000

I absolutely HATE caulking and painting trim! Yuck!

By: ker

ker — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:13:25 +0000

I hate floor remodels. PERIOD. Tearing out linoleum and scraping that adhesive crap-ola off the subfloor sucks! Chipping thinset sucks. Ripping out carpet and tacks strips is a disaster. I guess what I'm saying is those are the jobs I just bite the bullet and hire someone else to do! Because life is hard enough without having to deal with that…

By: Lisa DeNardi

Lisa DeNardi — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:19:30 +0000

Did that years ago, hated every minute of it. Also chipped out an entire floor of parquet wood tiles. Auughh. My sympathies.

By: angerine

angerine — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:20:58 +0000

Last year my hubster and I pulled up 1100 sq ft of carpet and tile from the main floor of our house. It sucked. I've never painted ceilings so I can't say which is worse, but chiseling up thinset is absolutely a Suck Fest, no doubt about it.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 06:27:38 +0000

ceilings are bad…but laying pavers are worse. dig, fill, haul, tamp, fill, mixed with 34,986 trips to Lowe's and rain showers all weekend…that is the worst!